Moliere

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.